MMOEXP : That hide secrets are a well-known aspect of Elden Ring

[Ludwighench]

For clarity: The concept of hidden, fake walls isn't what got Elden Ring players excited. Weird walls that hide secrets are a well-known aspect of Elden Ring Runes. These "illusory walls" are already fairly thoroughly documented and understood. What makes it (and another similar) hidden wall so strange is the fact that it doesn't operate similar to the other illusory rooms in the game, lacking the same sound signal disappearing, returning after you rest at a Site of Grace, and taking dozens and dozens of hits to be able to open. Though initially, the footage led to the conclusion that the door could have been a deliberate design but some players and experts have now suggested that this wall may be an issue or a mistake made on the table by the developers.

Well-known Dark Souls hacker Zullie seemingly verified this notion--that it was an error that was made by the developers--on March 18 through a tweet of just a few lines. They claimed that after probing the game's data and digging into the fake wall and claiming to have seen the door's door display 9999 hit points. It's akin to some unbreakable objects in Dark Souls having 999 HP. However, those items also have 999 defense which means they do not take the brunt of attacks and can only be broken via in-game triggers or events crafted by the developers.

"The Elden Ringwall is being constructed as a destructible thing, however, having 9999 HP without a fade-out motion is a sign that it was designed to be destroyed by the event's script" stated Zullie on Twitter. "Though it's unclear if they threw that in or it's bugged. It's certainly not 9999 Defense though."Illusory Wall, another popular Dark Souls expert who also believed that this fake wall wasn't intentional confirmed Zullie's findings in their opinion, confirming their findings on the wall.

But as long as developers FromSoftware as well as Bandai Namco officially clarify if this fake wall and other similarly difficult-to-break secrets are merely tricks or unplanned bugs that we cannot say for absolute certainty. MMOexp has reached out at Bandai Namco about the fake wall and asked if it's a bug that may eventually be fixed via another large update, similar to the recently released 1.03 patch.

However, even if this wall is just a random error or mistake but it's bound to result in players destroying the ground with their weapons for weeks or months or even years, in search of every secret, hidden space, or unlockable item of equipment or weapon. Sure, this fake wall might not have been on purpose. But what if there's an fake wall or cave hidden deep within the game that hasn't been found yet, and maybe that one does require more than one hit? What if it's the most amazing secrets?

In the majority of games I'd roll my eye and laugh at the thought of that being possible. But In cheap Elden Ring Runes, well... any thing however frustrating it might be, seems possible.